European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Log 8 the stars and stripes saturday go insurance holders cautioned to Tell a of changes in policy Washington special proceeds from your i insurance May not be paid to the person you wish it paid to or in the manner you desire it to be paid unless you keep the veterans administration properly informed according to the administrator of veterans affairs. Failure to notify the a of changes such As births deaths marriages or divorces that occur Over the years can result in the wrong person or persons being be Legal Parley on services set for Rome by Herb Scott staff writer Heidelberg the 20th cession of the enters civic Legal committee which shapes uniform applications of the Law in the . European come will to open at the american embassy in Rome May 22with the Navy As Host. The joint committee of army. Air Force Navy and Neucom judge advocates and Legal officers will con Sider matters of Law of Mutual concern to Ali the services and seek to apply where possible uniform solutions Navy sponsor cd sponsored this year by the com Mander in chief. . Naval forces Europe adm h. P. Smith the three Day conference will be chair maned by Cape l. R. Hardy Nav eur Legal officer. Legal topics to be discussed in clude the problems created by the financial difficulties of the bran Daris insurance enterprises the new status of forces agreement whim soon goes into effect with West Germany and the new bad Check statute article 123a, of the uniform code of military jus Tice effective this month. Gaily entitled to receive the Bene fits. While changes in family status cause designations to be out of Harmony with the Veteran s pres ent wishes the a has no alternative but to pay the insurance proceeds to the beneficiary of record in the a files. A recent sampling in which the a asked a group of veterans if they wished to change beneficiary of payment method brought six affirmative replies from each 10 questioned. On the strength of this sampling the a is strongly urging All hold ers of i insurance to make cer Tain they have the proper beneficiary on the policy. More information May be obtained by writing directly to the a insurance office where the vet eran s insurance policy records Are maintained. Selz to take Post at arse Naples special adm James s. Russell commander in chief of Allied forces Southern Europe arse announced Here that maj Gen of h. Seitz Southern area j come cd has been named to succeed maj Gen Robert w. Ward As chief of staff of Headquarters. Al lied forces Southern Europe Seitz will assume his new duties in april it was announced. Col Lee c. Miller newly assigned to Saco will assume command of Saco on Seitz departure. Wiley see you can t Stop on an iry dim. Sakel b Lam of mar. 16fatal Accident untre july 1 army Totor vet Dpi in Ary Mot. A a. Asphyxiation Wagonr exploit lives or a in other total 1962 f 1m1 91 \ 89 04 71 7 15 a 6 7 43 s8 army pvt accepted for peace corps by James m. Halbik staff writer Darmstadt Germany is a 25-year-old army private Here has been accepted for service in the peace corps. He has asked the army for a ruling on whether he is releasable he has also agreed to return to his unit if he is disqualified Dur ing Basic training for the peace corps or to join an army Reserve unit if to qualifies. Notification of his acceptance came  week for pvt Joseph d. Peters a Rannon Neer with Btry a 3rd howitzer in 18th arty in a Cable sent to him through his com Man Dink officer by Sargeant Shriver. Peace corps director. Co Roland v. Tiede co of the 42nd arty up in Frankfurt to which the 18th artillery belongs said he was elated at Peters selection Ond is awaiting word from higher Headquarters. Peters a native of Wilmington del., volunteered for the peace corps last August after completing three years toward a Bachelor s degree in sociology at Indiana University. In october a was drafted. He went through Basic train ing at it. Ord calif., and technical training at it. Sill okla. Hear Rived in Germany last month. Nothing was heard from the peace corps in the meantime until last week i was As surprised As anyone said Peters. The Cable said 1 had been accepted and that a plane ticket to puerto Rico would be sent if 1 accepted. The reporting Date is March 25." puerto Rico is where peace corps volunteers receive their Basic train ing in the language and custom of the country to which they will be assigned. Peters has cabled both Shriver explaining his willingness to accept the peace corps assignment provided he is released by the army and army Secretary Elvis j. Stahr jr., asking for a ruling on whether he can to released. Is commanding officer capt Bruce s. Stout also has submitted a request for a ruling. He has encouraged me to get everything done that needs to be done said Peters. I be already taken the release physical. Every one has been very cooperative. The local red Cross has even cabled red Cross Headquarters in Washington and asked for their assist Ance in finding out whether or not i can go i m hoping to hear definite word within the next few  big Saul Fob biggest sub a six ton sail to guided into place on the Polaris firing Lafayette by workmen at general dynamic electric boat division Groton Conn. The largest submarine Ever built the 7.000-ton Lafayette will be launched May 8. The sail formerly known As the conning Tower nerves As a fairing or Struc Ture to reduce the drag of the shop m masts. Canada s 2nd in arrives at Soest by h. George Baker staff writer Soest Germany is More than 210 members of the 2nd in of the Canadian army s Black watch of the Royal Highland regi ment and some 500 dependents arrived Here this week from Canada. They landed at Bremerhaven Germany late wednesday night aboard the liner Saxonia which departed on the return trip to new Brunswick on thursday with 11 officers 185 men and 773 de Pendents from the 1st in of the Black watch which has been in Germany since october 1959. The Exchange of units was originally scheduled for last october but was delayed because of the Berlin crisis and the ban on dependent travel. The arrival of the 2nd in aboard the Saxonia Marks the first group of Canadian dependents to officially arrive Here since the Cana Dian government s decision to lift the dependent travel ban. On hand at Bremerhaven to meet the new arrivals at the gangplank were brigadier Cameron b. Ware the commander of Canada s nato formation and it col William a. Tweed co of the departing 1st in. The newly arrived 2nd in of the Black watch is commanded by it col William a Leonard of Toronto. On March 24. Another 315 High Landers from the 2nd in their de Pendents and men assigned to other Canadian units in Germany Are due to arrive at Bremerhaven aboard the liner Ivernia. The last elements of. The 1st in 600 officers men and dependents Are scheduled to sail for Canada when the Ivernia makes its return voyage to Halifax on March 28. In addition to the troops arriving by ship a number of unaccompanied officers and men Are being shuttled to and from Germany by Yukon and Comet troop carrying aircraft of the Royal Canadian air Force. The 2nd in comes Here from Camp Gagetown new Brunswick. The 1st in of the Black watch has been stationed at it. St. Louis near the City of Werl since they arrived in Germany in late 1959. 1 Black watch arrivals toting Barracks bags members of the 2nd in of the Canadian army s Black watch Debar at Bremerhaven purim monde1 at sum Heidelberg the feast of lots Witt a by jewish servicemen at chapels throng and by jews All starting at Sunset to the Holiday one joyous of jewish Mem rates an Epati Persia when the narrowly escaped hands of the despot plot to purge the a by the courageous int Queen Esther the a King Ahasuerus and father Mordecal. The Story of Purina i i the Book of Esther most widely known Bible. The word Purl lots and the Bible tots were cast daily so that he could fix a Slaughter. The name Hainan a been identified in Jewe and indeed in the Western civilization a tuft Pressor evil despots ships. Mordecai s trate himself before Garden As the Symbol of l determination to defy p u r i m is a jubilant marked in the synagogue 1 prayers of thanksgiving the Reading of the Book from a special scroll or children who flock to for the Reading Are invited 1 noise makers and stamp to drown out the dread s Hainan whenever it of text. Gift purim pageants Plaj que rades and balls un3 Joyful spirit of the hoi important features of the Tion includes Exchange gifts to the poor and ners in jewish Homes i an interesting sidelight occurred in october 19v top nazis were executed a Jwj lies at Nuernberg. Julius infamous jew baiting put the newspaper Der looked Down on witnesses hangings from the shouted purim est 1m6,11 linking himself and the criminals with Hainan. Kc135 Tanker sets refuel record Columbus fab miss. Two Hundred consecutive j Strat Tanker air refuelling without a late Takeoff on is the record achieved by Fred Hamner of the 901st fueling so Here. Since beginning it Sti feet missions Back in Hamner s Crew has off to than 18 million pounds. At the Halfway Point of 1 Hamner was awarded. Force commendation completing 100 perfect Germany. The 2nd bit accompanied by a replacing the 1st by of the Black in Germany since